THE ESOTERIC
KANDAR ANUBHUTI
THE SECRET TEACHING ON
GOD-EXPERIENCE
(A Treatise on Adwaitic Realization)
OF
SAINT ARUNAGIRINATHAR
| THE ESOTERIC KANDAR ANUBHUTI THE SECRET TEACHING ON GOD-EXPERIENCE (A Treatise on Adwaitic Realization) OF SAINT ARUNAGIRINATHAR | |
 | by N.V. Karthikeyan |  |
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| Vaarkuzhal' (sung at Thanjavur); in T-15: 'Varaith thadang kongkai' sung at Tirupparankundram; and in T-1279: 'Velai vaalaik kodiya' (common songs). Since then the plant is available throughout India and it was available in Tiruvannamalai itself in the Nandavana (flower-garden) of the temple and the king's palace. So, even supposing that the flowers were required, there was no need for Arunagiri to go to heaven to fetch them. Perhaps in his intuitive vision Arunagiri knew that misleading stories would be woven around him, each with one's ulterior motive; and so he seems to have given the reference to the story of the Parijata in the above Tiruppugazh (T-889). Of course, when his Tiruppugazh songs were not available in print in the early days (till the beginning of the twentieth century), we can understand the spreading of stories by hearsay. But, thanks to the yeoman services of Sri Pillai and his revered father they are now available. They reveal many facts which nullify the hearsay or 'karna-paramparai' stories. To hold on to those hearsay stories or to give a new twist to them even now when the internal evidences from the available Tiruppugazhs clearly disclose the true story, is indeed pathetic. Even Sri Pillai who is fully aware of these Tiruppugazhs and the availability of the Parijaata in Bhuloka believes that Arunagiri-parrot went to heaven to bring the flowers! How strange!! Thus it becomes very, very clear that the whole story of the parrot is a myth; it was created or concocted and is perpetuated by devotees with vested interests and there was absolutely no need for Arunagiri to become a parrot. There are no authentic internal evidences for the king losing eyesight on having the Darshana of the Lord, or for the rest of the parrot-story, nor are they logical, practicable and intelligible. Only Sri Pillai is clear that the king did not lose his sight by the darshana of the Lord, during the 'Event'. But, strangely enough, he still believes that Arunagiri went as a parrot and brought the Parijaata flowers, though not for restoring king's eye sight, but for what purpose he alone knows! In his research work he says something like this: "After completing his long pilgrimage throughout India and return to Tiruvannamalai, Arunagiri was engaged in deep meditation. The evil mind of Sanbanthandan, who was defeated and put to shame earlier, conceived a plot against Arunagiri (the poor man should have nurtured his grudge for about 10 or even more years!). He persuaded Pravuda Deva Raya to ask Arunagiri to bring him the rare Parijaata flower from Devaloka. (Strangely enough Sri Pillai is silent on why the flower was required, as the king did not lose his eye-sight!) (Was the king so foolish as to ask the saint, for whom he had such great respect, to fetch the flowers for no purpose, as though he was the king's servant!) Anyhow, Arunagiri too without asking as to why the flowers are required,leaving his physical body in the Gopuram of the temple, entered the body of a dead parrot lying there and went as a parrot to Devaloka. Sambanthandan took this opportunity and informing the king that Arunagiri is dead got his body cremated. All this sounds more like grand-mother's story to little children for their entertainment, illogical and | ||
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